tangun

noun

tan·​gun

ˈtäŋgən

variants or tangum

-gəm

or less commonly tanghan

-gən

plural -s

: a small strong usually piebald pony of Tibet and Bhutan

Word History

Etymology

Hindi ṭā̃gan, ṭā̃ghan

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